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districts. Mr. IMitchell finds it breeding near 

 Tavistock ; the Rev. G. C. Green reports it as 

 breeding at Ivybridge, wliile on tlio luistern border 

 of the County, Prebendary Bassett, of Dulverton, 

 often takes the nest of tlie \yood Wren, liaving made 

 this bird a special study. Mr. Aplin found it 

 numerous at Clovelly, and other localities could be 

 cited ; but its absence from many districts is as well 

 authenticated as its annual presence in its favourite 

 breeding haunts. 



RUFOUS WARBLER.— .4 tv/oM (jalacknlc>^. 

 A KAKE visitant, only obtained hitherto in the South 

 of Devon. In September, 1859, a single bird of 

 this species, was shot by Mr. Llewellyn, while flying 

 over a stone wall within a hundred yards of the sea 

 at the Start. It was exceedingly thin and had lost its 

 tqil. It was presented to the British jMuseum 

 (Yarrell, B.15. vol. 1. p. 850. 4th ed). In INTO, 

 Mr. II. NichoUs rerorded the recurrence of this 

 s})ecies, at Sla])ton, on the l'2th of October, adding; 

 " as a gentlenum and some friends were crossing a 

 turnip field, a small bird of a ver}^ light colour was 

 seen to rise and fly on to the hedge 5 its peculiar 

 habit of flying up perpendicularly and alighting 

 again at the same place, with extended tail, attracted 

 attention, and it was approached and shot," (Zool. 

 1876. p. olTS). The specimen was examined at 

 the house of j\Ir. II. P. Nicholls by the Rev. Murray 

 A. Matliew, who pointed out its immaturity, IVIr. 

 Bastard, who was present when this bird was shot, 



